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and birds so far as possible, and to do no other killing than was 

 necessary to supply the camp with meat. The specimens collected 

 were to be deposited in the United States National Musemii for scien- 

 tific study. Mr. Roosevelt has added more than any other man to our 

 knowledge of the big game of the United States, and we can appre- 

 ciate the desire of the Smithsonian scientists to secure the services of 

 a man of his training in field life and the pursuit of big game to add 

 to their scientific treasures. 



The men who believe in the study of the mammal and the bird in 

 their hving state and in their native haunts, the hunting with the field 

 glass rather than with the rifle, know the advantage of museum col- 

 lections in order that field identification may be made certain and that 

 the life study of mammals may be stimulated, and the purpose of these 

 scientists was to secure such a valuable addition to its educational 

 exhibit, for the use of students who need such material for compara- 

 tive purposes. 



The true nature lover gets the zest of outdoor life, the sense of 

 the freshness and beauty of things to be obtained from a trip afield, 

 and to obtain these laudable experiences it is not necessary to keep 

 his rifle constantly at work, shooting at every crack of a twig or rustle 

 of a leaf. And that Theodore Roosevelt has in his make-up much of 

 this wholesome spirit everyone who is familiar with his history must 

 acknowledge. 



Back of this, however, there is also in him the spirit of the 

 hunter, the zest of the bold heart's impulse, the love of facing and 

 overcoming peril, the intense excitement of putting his own life in 

 pawn in a struggle with a dangerous antagonist, and while feeling that 

 science would be benefited by the results of his adventurous journey, 

 there was in it much of the heroic spirit that moved him when he 

 charged up San Juan Hill in the face of the Spanish batteries. His 

 skill and daring were to cope with the strength and alertness of the 

 lords of the wilds and the soul of the soldier stirred within him as much 

 as the spirit of the scientist. 



Mr. Roosevelt and the scientists of the Smithsonian were already 

 familiar with every kind of big game that he was likely to encounter. 

 As for the leader of the expedition, he had the name of every species 



